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I'm ready for my close-up: "How gay is the screen" part 1

by: Alex Fitch

Publication date: 2007-03-29

Usage: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0

Topics: Gay, Lesbian, Doctor Who, Television, Cinema, Kim Newman, BFI, Festival, Science Fiction

An episode of "I'm ready for my close-up", originally broadcast on Resonance 104.4 FM. Alex Fitch interviews BFI librarian Emma Smart and sci-fi writer Kim Newman about gay and lesbian representation on TV and cinema over the last year and in the London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival.

Notes

Press release: To coincide with this year's London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, Alex Fitch interviews BFI librarian Emma Smart about whether there have been any significant developments in gay film-making and TV programme making since last year's LLGFF. Also included in the show is an interview Alex recorded last year with sci-fi writer and critic Kim Newman about the gay following that genre shows like Doctor Who and The Avengers generate...